The Expenditure Estimates are available in PDF and HTML versions. The PDF version is a format reflecting the true printed version. The HTML version is an accessible format.

The ministry focuses its efforts on activities which support a stronger Ontario in the creation of jobs in today's and future economies by: implementing research and innovation policies and programs based on expert advice to ensure an agenda to deliver excellence, performance and results; working closely with our partner ministries to implement programs to achieve future social, environmental and economic benefits; and fostering a culture of innovation and showcasing Ontario, nationally and internationally, as an innovation-based economy and society.

The ministry's key priorities are: extracting value from Ontario's excellence in research and commercialization; focusing investment in areas where Ontario can be globally competitive; leveraging skills, knowledge and funding; developing an innovation-friendly business climate; and enhancing the Ontario government's role as a catalyst for change.